Foreign Firm in the Crosshairs: Explosive Pager Sparks Lawsuit Against Central News Agency
2024/9/18 12:18
(Updated 9/18 12:48)
Hezbollah’s Beeper Suspected to be from Taiwan’s Golden Apollo Company
(Central News Agency reporter Gao Huaqian, New Taipei Province, 18th) The beeper used by Hezbollah in Lebanon is suspected to be from Taiwan’s Golden Apollo Company. Xu Qingguang, the person in charge of the company, said that the product was made by a foreign BAC company, ”I didn’t make it” and “it killed me”, and he would file a cross-border lawsuit.
Bippers used by members of the Lebanese Hezbollah were fitted with small amounts of explosives and detonated simultaneously in multiple locations across the country, killing at least 9 people and injuring nearly 2,800. The pagers were ordered by Hezbollah from a Taiwanese company, according to US and other officials familiar with the operation.
Golden Apollo Company is located in Jizhi District, New Taipei City. The New Taipei City Government Economic Development Bureau and Jizhi branch visited the company in the morning to find out about it. Company manager Xu Qingguang said in a joint interview with the media that this batch of products was not 100% made by Taiwan’s Golden Apollo Company, not in Taiwan, “It was not made by me.”
He said that a foreign agent started representing many of Golden Apollo’s products three years ago. Golden Apollo brand for promotion.
When the media asked how long it would take to sell under this name, Xu Qingguang said, “It will not be more than 2 years when the other party informed him, he briefly saw the product and why he wanted.” A pager wasn’t easy to make, but it didn’t look good either, so he could put his product to good use.
Xu Qingguang said that this explosive product is a brand name of Golden Apollo, and from all his products, he has already cursed people, “It’s killing me.”
When asked by the media whether he would consider filing a cross-border lawsuit, Xu Qingguang said that although his company is not very big, it is at least a responsible product company. Katuk”; asked if he was a victim or not, he said, “Of course I am doing good business, why should I be involved in this terrorist attack? “
Golden Apollo Company later issued a statement that Golden Apollo Company and BAC Company have established a long-term OEM authorization and regional organization cooperation relationship. According to the cooperation agreement, Golden Apollo Company allows BAC Company to use Golden Apollo Company’s brand trademarks. Product sales in certain areas, but product design and production are all managed by BAC.
The Golden Apollo Company said in a statement that in response to this media report, the beeper model AR-924 is a product produced and sold by BAC Company only with brand trademark authorization and has nothing to do with the design and production of this product. Golden Apollo always follows relevant regulations and maintains a transparent and loyal cooperative relationship with its partners.
According to the Taiwan company’s website, Golden Apollo Company has a capital of NT$100 million and specializes in manufacturing electronic components and telecommunications controlled radio frequency equipment.
According to the Assistive Device Resource Portal website of the Department of Social and Family Affairs of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Golden Apollo Company is a Taiwanese company engaged in wireless paging systems and equipment for over 20 years with 100% research and development, design-to-manufacturing facilities in Taiwan for paging transmitters and The distance between the transmitter and all wireless products have international certification CE, FCC and Taiwan certification.